Monday, March 21, 2011

As women, we pride ourselves on our multi tasking abilities.Working, keeping the home, raising the kids – we do it all, or at least feel we do.Little wonder that I find men are usually able to drop those extra pounds faster than women, and ladies, it’s not just because they have extra lean muscle mass, they have, in general, the focus.

How many times have I heard a lady say “My husband couldn’t multi task to save his life, he can only focus on one thing at a time, but by god, when he focuses, results happen.”

So my question to you, are you focusing?Do yo really want to achieve your weight loss goals, because quite frankly, if it’s number 10 on your list of priorities, or even # 1 but being treated with no more determination than trying to remember to groom the dog, then the road will be a slow and frustrating one.

The key to weight loss is not simply calories and exercise, the key is programming your mind for success, staying focused and avoiding self sabotage.

I find mindless eating one of the number one calorie killers, because one is bored, tired, and just isn’t paying attention to what they’re doing.That ‘roaming the kitchen’ is the worst kind of sabotage!

Creating realistic, powerful goals and affirmations and keeping them in front of you and ‘on your mind’ has proven itself countless times. Affirmations are more powerful than you can imagine, but their influence relies on repetition and belief.Throw in a few visualizations and focus, and your results will astound you.

A group of Soviet Sports scientist conducted a study in which elite athletes were divided into 4 groups.

Group 1: 100% physical training

Group 2: 75% physical training at 25% mental training

Group 3: 50% physical training and 50 % mental training

Group 4 25% physical training and 75 % mental training

The results showed that the greatest improvements were seen in Group 4, followed by Group 3, then 2 and finally group 1, even though this group had the most physical training.

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About Me

I truly love what I do.
I love connecting with my patients, and investigating what I can do to
help them reach their health and life goals.

My goal is to identify the BEST treatment method for each
patient, I became a Naturopath not because I feel that ‘natural remedies’ are
the only way (although they usually are the best) but because it gives me a
wider scope of treatment modalities, so my patients and I can come up with the
BEST treatment for them to reach their goals.
Naturopathic doctors recently obtained prescription writes and I
recently wrote a grueling pharmacological prescribing exam, so yes, we have the
knowledge and some prescribing authority if we need to go that route too. To make true progress, all areas must be
addressed, nutrition, exercise, lifestyle, stress, mental and emotional states,
deficiencies, possible blockages – and only Naturopathic doctors have the
training, time and no-how to look at all area.

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Debbie is passionate
about helping people feel amazing, confident and full of energy. Combining her passions – fitness, naturopathy,
and neuroscience, Debbie has a clinical focus on ‘brain health’; with the
majority of her focus on anxiety, depression, pain management, anti-aging and
weight loss. Debbie educates, guides and motivates her patients to success in
feeling their best selves.

Dr. Debbie is a certified Naturopathic doctor,
hypnotherapist, and fitness instructor.
She studied meditation and Buddhism philosophy at Suan Mokkh Monastery in ChiayaThailand, holds annual Yoga and Mind body retreats with her
mentor and mother Wendy Schie, has taken courses in Mindfulness and is
currently working on a Mindfulness and Children’s program. She is an avid lecturer and motivational
speaker, has spoken at the Toronto Yoga show, Markham Thrive show, at numerous
corporate events in the GTA and medical lectures throughout Canada. She is co-founder and Director of
Naturopathic Living, a large multidisciplinary clinic in Markham, Ontario where
she lives with her husband and 2 children.

She was the 2015 winner
of the Markham’s Young entrepreneur ASPIRE award, (http://www.markhamreview.com/Aspiring-others).

Debbie earned her
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph in Genetics and
Molecular Biology.She worked in North
Carolina’s Research Triangle, as well as in Health Care Communication before
returning to Toronto to complete her studies at the Canadian College of Naturopathic
Medicine.She has studied in Europe and
uses German Medicine ideology in her practice.She is a member of the Markham Stouffville Hospital Leaders group,
Markham Board of Trade, Canadian Association of Naturopathic Medicine, Ontario
Association of Naturopathic medicine, the Unionville BIA, National Guild of
Hypnotherapists, Canadian Fitness Association, the 9th Markham
Guides, helps coach the under 8's Markham Rugby team and is on the Healthy school committee for her children’s
school where she is a regular volunteer.